All Building articles in Building Specifier March 2004

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  • Features

    The rules

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    An attack of the vapours? Here's how to deal with permeable roofing membranes … Plus, a bill is in the offing that could beef up building regs.

  • News

    Roofing

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

  • News

    Products: roofing

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Topping off our roofing special this week, we have insulation to keep Hatfield eggheads toasty, a curvy roof making waves in Manchester and some seriously sexy shakes in Bath – plus an expert shares his specification penchants and bugbears

  • Comment

    Flight and fight

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The new museum pavilion at RAF Hendon is home to some supreme examples of aeronautical engineering. To create a building fit for planes such as the Hawker Harrier and Sopwith Camel, architect Feilden Clegg Bradley came up with a roof made of materials associated with aviation – stainless steel and ...

  • Features

    Lifetime costs: roofing

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Metal prices have gone through the roof – which means the cost of your copper covering is sky-high. So which material is best value? Alex Smith reports, Davis Langdon & Everest crunches the numbers

  • Features

    Checklist

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Getting the roofing spec right is crucial to any build. Here Barbour Index – with a little help from Scott Brownrigg – lists the key points to remember

  • Features

    Planes, brains and panels of steel

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Those clever architects at Feilden Clegg Bradley didn't take the easy route to their RAF museum pavilion in Hendon. Alex Smith divebombs on the challenges of cladding a semi-circular roof in stainless steel and lining it with tensile fabric